Apparatus for punching, dampening, and affixing stamps.



No 840,736. A PATBNTED JAN. 8, 1907.

P. ARNOLD.

APPARATUS FOR PUNGHING, DAMPBNING, AND AFFIXING STAMPS.

APPLICATION FILED APE.13.1905.

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No. 840,736. v PATENIED JAN. s, 1907.

P. ARNOLD. APPARATUS FOR PUNOHING, DAMPENING, AND AFPIXINGSTAMPS.

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Nd. 840,736. PATENTED JAN. 8, 1907.

I P. ARNOLD. APPARATUS FOR PUNOHING", D'AMPENING, AND AFFIXING STAMPS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.13.1905.

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PATENTED JAN. 8, 1907,

P. ARNOLD. APPARATUS FOR PUNQHING, DAMPBN A-ND- 'APFIXING, sTAMPs, 905.

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APPARATUS FOR PUNCHING, DAIVIPENING, AND AFFIXING STAMPS.

No. 4.0,73e.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 8, 1907.

' Application filed April 13,1905. Serial No. 255,469.

To aZZ whom it may concern.

1 Be it known that I, PAULARNOLD, clergyman, a subject of theKing of Saxony, and a resident of Grossenhain, Dresdnerstrasse19, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Punching, Dampening, and Affixing Stamps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for punching, dampening, and afiixing stamps applied or secured in-the shape of a sheet round a cylinder rotated step by step and moved laterally and temporarily in the direction of its axis.

The apparatus for punching, dampening, or gluing and aflixing stamps according to the present invention is characterized by this, that a punch device brought in contact with the stamp-cylinder and capable of being used simultaneously for dampening or gluing punches and holds the stamp and causes at the same time the automatic adjustment of the stamp-cylinder for presenting a new stamp for the next. operation. The punch device may be independent of the stampcylinder and moved by hand to and away from such cylinder, or it may be provided within a frame or casing to be raised and lowered underneath the stamp-cylinder and moved together with such frame or casing to and away from this cylinder by means of a lever. In both cases the automatic adjustment of the stamp-cylinder is caused by the movement of the punch.

The various novel features of my invention will be hereinafter described in the specification and particularly pointed out by the claims.

Figure 1 is a front elevation and partial section of the unch device se arated from the stamp-0y inder, this cy inder being placed or situated below such punch device.

Fig. 2 is a side view and a partial longitudinal section. Fig. 3 shows the punch device from below, and Fig. 4 a detail of it. Figs. 1 2", and 3 show views corresponding with Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the punch device by itself, on a larger scale, Fig. 1' being shown partly in section; and Figs. 1 2 and 1 show the punching device in diiferent working positions. Fig. 1 shows in correspondence with Fig. 1, on a larger scale, the casing which receives the stamp-roller, together with parts effecting the moving and stoppage of said Y roller, partly in side elevation and partly section, the stamp-roller and its adjustable shaft being omitted for the purpose of producing a clearer and more distinct view of the parts in question. Fig. 1 shows the same parts visible in Fig. 1 in a different working position.

The principal carrying-plate 1 of thedevice for punching, dampening, and affixing stam s, Figs. 1, 13 2, 2 3, and 3 is provide with four standards 2 in the form of small tubes, forming guides for a second plate 3, movable on them. Coiled sprin 's 4 are wound round the tube like stam ards to hold the plate 3 apart from the plate 1. Each tubeelike standard 2 has, as shown on the left-hand side of Fig. 1 passing through it a rod 5, two of such rods being connected together by a traverse 6, situated underneath the plate 1. The traverses 6 are held by the springs 7 at a uniform distance apart from the plate. The upper surface of the plate 3 isprovided with a handle-8, and a punchingknife 9, corresponding to'the shape of the stamp, is secured to the lower surface of such plate. This punching-knife is passed through corresponding openings or grooves of the plate 1 and embraces a block 10, secured to the lower surface of such plate. This block is provided with two holes for the insertion of the needles 11, secured to a bridge-piece or traverse 13, movable on bolts 12.

The brid e-piece 13 is, as will be seen by Fig. 3*, I a ed, the middle'part of which I passes throug the hollow space of the knife 9, whereas its two transverse rods are situated outside of the knife 9 and movably su ported on the bolts 12, fastened within t e late 1. The downward movement of the ridge-piece 13, and thereby of the needles 11, takes place during the downward movement of the knife 9, carrying projections or small bars 9. These projections or small bars press against the middle part of the bridge-piece 13 and move it downwardly, so as to meet its base with the surface of the plate 1, as clearly shown in Fig. 1'. By this meeting of the parts mentioned, the down? ward movement of the needles 11 and that of the knife 9 is limited. The u ward move-.

sary for the compression of the springs 7 For the return movement of the bridge-piece 13 twoprotruding pivots 13 engage the slots of the arms 14, which are fixed to the free ends of two of the rods 5, as shown in Figs. 1 2 and 3 in such a manner that the arms 14 move upward the bridge-piece 13, together with the needles 11, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. Two arms 16, situated below the plate 1, are secured to a shaft 15, suitably mounted in bearings on this plate and form, by means of yielding bearings, supports for the dampening or glue-supplying roller 17 This gluesupplying roller is moved by a finger 18, secured to the end of the shaft 15, and slides across the receptacle 19 and the block 10. A flattened bent spring 20, acting with its free end against the finger 18 and secured to the shaft 15, returns the glue-supplying roller to its normal position. The receptacles 19 are secured to the lower surface of the plate 1 and supply damp or glue to the roller 17. Two arms 21, projecting downward, are fixed to the plate 3. One of these arms carries a pawl 22, yielding in an upward direction, as shown in Fi 4.

The device for punching, dampening, and affixing of the construction described is moved against the cylinder 23, supported within a casing. The stamps connected together in the shape of a sheet are situated with the damped or pasted surface toward the periphery and fixed in the shape of a roller to the cylinder 23, which may be rotated step by step and moved laterally and temporarily in the direction'of its axis. The outer surface-or periphery of the cylinder 23 is divided by longitudinal and traverse grooves into squares or panels corresponding to the shape of the stamps for the purpose of punching, dampening, and aflixing them stamp by stamp in a known manner. In moving, the device for punching, dampening, and affixing stamps slides with its arms 21 in guides 24 provided above the cylinder 23, Figs. 1, 2, and 2 These arms push down a pair of levers 25, fixed to ,a rock or rocker shaft 26. A toothed segment 27, fixed to one end of the shaft, is moved to and fro on the rocking movement of the-shaft, whereby a toothed wheel 30, fixed to the hub of a ratchet-wheel 29, by means of a temporarilyclutching I action, is rotated under a simultaneous tenone to another.

sion of the coiled spring 28 in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 1 and without in any manner actuating the stamp-cylinder. The ratchet-wheel 29 is loosely mounted to the shouldered pivot of the stationary shaft 31 for the adjustment of the cylinder and connected to a tube 32, mounted upon such shaft, so as to be rotated. The shaft 31 is provided with guide-grooves arranged parallel In these grooves the pin 33 engages, which pin is detachably fixed to the cylinder 23 and passes through a slot of the tube 3.2, so as to engage one of the grooves provided on the shaft 31. The distance of two adjacent grooves corresponds to the width of the stamps to be affixed. Each two adjacent grooves are connected by a slanting groove engaged by the pin 33 when a series of stamps situated parallel to the front snrface of the cylinder 23 is separated from the sheet. On the next rotary movement of the tube 32, together with the cylinder 23, by the sliding movement of the pin 33 within the slantingintermediate groove, such cylinder 23 is displaced in correspondence with the width of one stamp in the direction of the shaft 31, and .a new series of stamps is placed above the punchingplace. By a step-bystep rotary movement of the cylinder 23 the stamps of such new series are moved consecutively below the punching-place. This series of stamps being consumed, a further axial displacement of the cylinder 23, and thereby the adjustment of a new series of stamps, will take place. When the entire sheet of stamps is consumed, the cylinder 23 being in its right-hand end position, the pin 33 is disengaged, and the cylinder is moved to its left-hand end position. I'Iereinafter the pin 33 is adjusted again into the first groove, and a new sheet of stamps is laid under tension upon the cylinder 23, whereupon the punching of the stamps may be continued.

The pawl 34, engaging the ratchet-wheel 29, is mounted on a shaft 35, carrying a lever 36, which )rojects into the path of the pawl 22, secure to one of the arms 21 of the punch. This pawl gives way to the lever 36 on lowering the punching device against the shaft and returns, as shown in Fig. 2 to its normal horizontal position, Fig. 4, below such lever. The pawl 34 hereby maintains its locking position, whereby the cylinder 23 cannot yet rotate. Before the punching device meets in its downward movement the cylinder 23 the finger 18 engages a suitably shaped and fixed arm 37 and slides down on it, so as to rotate the shaft 15 in such a manner that the paste-supplying roller 17 is swung to the right side part of the receptac1e 19, such part being provided or coated with an absorbing material. This roller is prevented from returning, as shown in Fig. 2 to its normal position by the arm 37, and is supplied with damp or glue. After sufficient downward movement of the punching device its block 10 meets the stamp to be punched, whereas the traverses 6 lie down on the stamps situated on both sides of the stamp to be punched and hold them on a further pressing down of the punching device, Fig. 2

The block 10 resting on the stamp-cylinder, forms a rigid body together with the plate 1. Therefore 011 a continued pressure against the handle only the plate 3, and by this the-knife 9, fixed to it, will be pressed down on the tubes or standards 2 in opposition to the action of the springs 4, whereas the rods 5, together with their springs 7, will not be altered in position, as shown in Fig. 1*. On moving downward the knife 9 pushes downward simultaneously, by means of the small bar 9, fixed ,to it, the bridgepiece 13 with the needles, so that such bridgepiece touches the plate 1, whereby a further downward movement of the knife 9 is prevented. As shown in Fig. 1 the knife has punched the stamp, and the needles 11 have left the block 10 and penetrated-the punched stamp. By pressing down the bridge-piece 13 the pivots 13, connecting such bridgepiece with the arms 14, have reached the lower limitation of the slots of the arms 14, Fig. 1

On releasing the handle 8 the plate 3, together with the punch-knife 9, is raised by the springs 4, whereas the needles maintain their lowered position and secure the punched stamp to the block 10 by the fact that the rods 5 and with them the arms 14 have not changed their position during the punching of a stamp and are by no means actuated by the upward movement of the plate 3. The consequence is that the bridge-piece 13 and the needles 11 will remain in their lower position, Fig. 1*. If the punching device is taken off the guides 24, the pawl 22, projecting below the lower surface of the lever 36, causes the raising of the latter, and the pawl 34 is disengaged of the ratchet-wheel 29, whereupon the spring 28 returns the toothed segment 27, which by the agency of the gear-wheel 30 rotates the ratchet-wheel 29 and the cylinder 23 till the pawl 34, released again by the pawl 22, engages the next notch of the ratchet-wheel 29. By this rotary movement the next stamp is carried to its punching position. As soon as the finger 18 has left the arm 37 on lifting the punching device the roller 17 is returned by the spring 20 to the position shown in Fig. 2, and the stamp secured to the block 10 is dampened or applied with glue by the roller 1 7. Hereinafter the punching device is placed by hand to the object to be stamped "and the handle 8 is moved down. By the action of the springs 4 surpassing that of the springs 7 the plates 1 and 3 are not distanced one from another, whereas the rods 5 are moved upward within the tubes or standards 2 in opposition to the springs 7 to such an extent the springs 7 move down again the rods 5,

together with the arms 14, and all parts will be in a position ready to be used again, Fig. 1*.

If the apparatus described is to be used for punching the stamps on the cylinder 23 only, the device for dampening or gluing is dispensed with.

By Figs 1 and 1 it will be seen more distinctly than in Fig. 1 how the punch on its downward movement onto the stamp-roller and on its upward movement away from the same will slide in the guides 24 by means'of its arms 21, thus being protected against unequal and undue punching. Of the punch only the parts 3, 21, and 22 are shown. As more clearly shown by the Figs.'1 and l the gear-wheel 30, loosely placed on the hub of the ratchet-wheel 29, is, for example, provided with recesses 30, similar to those of a ratchet-wheel which receive little balls or rollers 30", resting on the hub of theratchetwheel. The diameter of said balls or rollers 30 is a little smaller than the greatest depth of the recesses 30, provided within the wheel 30, so that the latter will consequently on its movement in one direction turn loosely on the hub of the ratchet-wheel 29, whereas it will on moving it in the opposite direction be clampedand fixed to the hub of the ratchet-wheel 29 by means of the balls or rollers 30", whereby said ratchet-wheel will be forced to follow the turning movement of the gear-wheel, as shown by Figs. 1 and 1 By Figs. 1 it is shown how on the downward movement of the punch the pawl 22, placed on one of the guiding-arms 21, gets out of the Way of the lever36, so that consequently the pawl 34 will remain in its position which secures the ratchet-wheel 29, together'with the tube 32, fixed thereto, and carrying the stamp-roller against turning,

whereas the toothed segment 27 is swung by means of the arms 21 being pressed against the levers 25 under tension of the spring 28 in the direction shown by the arrow, whereby at the same time the loosening of the coupling device 30 30 is effected, the gear-wheel 30 thus being loosely turned on the hub of the clamped ratchet-wheel 29 in the direction of the dotted arrow. I If after finishingthe ratchet-wheel 29 by means of the balls or rollers 30", the ratchet-wheel 29 thus being also turned in the direction shown by arrow until the pawl 34, freed through the tooth 22 leaving the lever 36, falls into the next tooth-shaped recess of the ratchetwheel "29. Naturally any other coupling device fulfilling the same purpose can be used instead of the well-known clutching or clamping device, as described above.

What I claim is 1.. Inan apparatusfor punching,dampening or gluing and afiixing stamps connected together in the shape of a sheet, the combination with means for holding the stamp-sheet, of means for cutting the stamp off the sheet, means fordampening or gluing the stamp out, means for holding the stampcut and dampened or glued, and means for automatically adjusting the means for holding the stampsheet for the purpose of presenting another stamp to be punched, substantially as-described.

2. In anapparatus for punching, dampening or luing and aifixing stamps connected toget' er in the shape of a sheet, the combination with a stamping-cylinder for receiving the stampsheet, of means for cutting the stampofi the sheet, means for dampening or gluing the stamp out, means for holding the stamp out and dampened or glued, means for releasing the stamp out and means for automatically adjusting the stamp-cylmder by the cutting device for presenting another stamp to be punched, substantially as described.

3. In an apparatus for punching, dampening or gluing and afiixing stamps connected together in the shape of a sheet, the combination with a stamping-cylinder for receivin the :starnp-sheet, of a punching-lnfife secure to a movable and yielding plate for cutting the stamp off the sheet, of means for dampening or gluing the stamp out, means for holding the stamp cut, means for releasing the stamp out and means for automatically adjusting the stamp-cylinder for presenting .another stamp to be punched, substantially as described.

4. Inan apparatus for punching, dampening or gluing and affixing stamps connected together in the shape of a sheet, the. combination with a stamping-cylinder for receiving the stamp-sheet, of means for cutting the stamp off the sheet, of adampening or gluesupplying roller, a finger, a shaft carrying such-finger, levers carrying the dampening or glue-supplying roller and actuated by the finger on rotating the shaft, receptacles containing damp or glue to be applied to the roller, means for holding the stamp cut, means for releasing the stamp cut, and means for automatically adjusting the stamp-cylinder for presenting another stamp to be punched, substantially as described.

5. In an apparatus for punching, dampening or gluing and aifixing stamps connected together in the shape of a sheet, the combination with a stamping-cylinder for receiving the stamp-sheet, of means for cutting the stamp off the sheet, means for dampening or gluing the stamp out, of a block, needles, a bridge-piece carrying such needles inserted in the block, slotted arms connected to the bridge-piece, a pair of rods carrying the latter, traversesfor holding down the stamps situated on both sides of the stamp out on afiixing it to the object to be stamped and means for automatically adjusting the stamp-cylinder for presenting another stamp to be punched, substantially as described.

6. In an apparatus for punching, dampening or luing and affixing stamps connected toget ier in the shape of a sheet, the combination with a stamping-cylinder for receiving the stamp-sheet, of means for cutting the stamp off the sheet, means for dampening or gluing the stamp cut, means for holding the stamp cut, means for releasing the stamp out, of a toothed segment, a wheel engaging it and fixed to the shaft of the stamp-cylinder, a pair of lovers fixed to a reciprocating shaft, a pair of arms fixed to the plate carrying the prmching-knife, of grooves, a pin for the step-by-step rotary movement of the stamp-cylinder engaging such grooves for lateral adjustment the stamp-cylinder on rotating the latter, a locking-pawl, a lever actuated on the upward movement of the unching device for locking the stamp-cyliner rotated step by step and adjusted laterally in the width of a stamp for presenting another stamp to be punched, dam ened or glued, held and released, substantia ly as described.

7. In an apparatus for punching, dampening or gluing and aifixing stamps connected together in the shape of a sheet, the combination with a stamping-cylinder for receiving the stamp-sheet, of a punching-knife secure to a movable and yielding plate for cutting the stamp off the sheet, of a dampening or gludupplying roller, a finger, a shaft carrying such finger, levers carrying the dampening or glrpe-supplymg roller and actuated by the ger on rotating the shaft, receptacles containing damp or glue to be a plied to the roller for dampening or gluing the stamp cut, of abloclgneedles, a brid ge-piece-carrying such needles inserted in such block, slotted arms connected to the bridge-piece, a pair of rods carrying the latter, traverses for holding down the stamp situated on both sides of the stamp out for holding and releasing the stamp cut, of a toothed segment, a wheel engagmg it and fixed to the shaft of the stampcylinder, a pair of levers, a reciprocating shaft carrying such levers, a pair of arms fixed to the plate carrying the punchingknife, of grooves, a pin engaging such grooves for the step-by-step rotary movement and 1 In testimony that I claim the foregoing as the lateral adjustment of the stam -cylinder, my invention I have signed my name, 111 10 of a locking-pawl actuated on t e upward presence of two Witnesses, this 31st day of movement of the punching-knife for locking March, 1905.

the stamp-cylinder rotated step by step ad- Q 7 PAUL ARNOLD.

justed laterally for presenting another stam Witnesses: to be punched, dampened or glued, held an PAUL E. SCHILLING, released, substantiallyas described. PAUL AREAS. 

